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The Bermuda Triangle : Myths and Facts

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On December 5, 1945 five aircraft took off from Naval station, Florida into the Atlantic Ocean. The five planes collectively known as Flight 19   was on their three hour exercise of a triangular flight plan with the 14 member crew. The veteran flight leader Lt.  Charles C. Taylor  on the second leg of practice  ascertained that both his compass were malfunctioning and the planes were flying in the wrong direction.Soon the weather  conditions deteriorated and it was nearing sunset . Under such circumstances the pilots were supposed to redirect to the direction of setting sun which would lead them back to mainlands. Tyler was convinced that they were over the Gulf of Mexico, he made a series of wrong decisions changing the course which ultimately took them far into the Ocean off the radars and were never heard from again.  Rescue efforts with over 300 boats and choppers combed through entire area.Till date no remains were found and crew is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Ocean
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Behind the scenes of acclaimed Photographs

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A Photograph speaks louder than words. The intensity in the eyes of the Afghan girl featured in the National Geographic magazine cover exposed the world to the refugee hardships. The picture of the waving flag in Moon , the doubts of how can a flag blow on moon crippled Americas claims of setting foot on the moon then. The shocking images of  Bhopal gas tragedy and Trade center attacks portrayed the graveness of the incidents. Lets see some of the photographs that shook the world and went on to win the prestigious  Pulitzer prize . Dedicated to all those photographers and photojournalists out there who captured the feelings and immortalized them. KOSOVO'S SORROW : REUNION Photo by : Carol Guzy / Washington Post, May 3, 1996 The picture of tears and joy when  Agim Shala the two year old Kosovar refugee kid reunited with his grandparents in UAE Kuks, Albania camp. Kosovar war  (Serbian province) happened in 1998-99 when the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo faced pressure from Serbs figh
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The Secrets behind the hanging Artifacts

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Some of these art symbols hanging around seems to be just decorative arts. But it appears they have a history and culture associated to it, some of which might sound bizarre and superstitious.   DREAM CATCHER  The visually appealing Dream catchers has its origins among the native American tribes, handed over generations by their ancestors. These sacred hoops used to be made by the elderly when a child is born in the family. These hoops are then hung over the newborn's cradle. In their tradition, night air is filled with good and bad dreams. These dreams get trapped inside the webs of the Dream catcher. The good ones find their way down and passes onto the feathers and reach the infant. The bad dreams gets stuck within the webs and disappear in the morning sunlight. They used to be made out of woods / twigs and feathers so that they disintegrate as the infant grows older.    WIND CHIMES   According to the  Indian Vastu Shastra the wind chimes bring positive energy and harmony to t
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Nature v/s Nurture : The age old debate

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The crime - thriller movies had greater appreciation among the Indian movie fanatics over the past few years. The nail-biting plot twists combined with the fear factor combinations often provide a spine chilling experience for the viewers. The acceptance of this genre among the Indian viewers was kind of fueled by the introduction of so called psycho /serial killer roles into the equation of contemporary villainism. Hollywood has been feeding of this criminal mastermind narratives since the days of Alfred Hitchcock . The art of film making relies on exaggeration of events to some extend. However once we are done watching a movie involving such intense crimes, the thoughts about existence of such weirdos around us begins to ponder our minds at least in the midnights of solitude right after the movie. The movie usually has some fitting reasons for the birth of its supervillian .But outside the scope of the movie : What might be the rational for such  psychopaths to emerge in the first p
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Salaam Bombay! : The less heard Indian Masterpiece

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The Hollywood movies kindled in the Indian subcontinent gained much appreciation over the past decade or so after The Slumdog Millionaire    topped the charts with whopping $600 collections worldwide. Later the Life of Pi    gained significant attention among the global audience.  It's a tedious venture for a non-English category movie that too derived from a sub-continent region to achieve global reputation. At a point of time when the wide-releases of a movie was unheard, the global acceptance was solely associated to the Academy award's and film festival exposures. There were even instances where the movie would be re-released for global audience after it's triumph at the awards, like the scenario recently happened with  The Parasite.  As we shift the focus back to India as far as Indian movie enthusiasts are considered, a cry for Indian movies not getting the required global attention in the awards are prominent over the years. But it's a lesser known fact that onc
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